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Sunday, January 10, 2010

Cookbook #62 Barefoot Contessa At Home and Guacamole Salad

Is it cheating to keep going back to one of your favorite recipes in a cookbook? One of the down sides of having so many cookbooks is that there's a bit of guilt that comes with making the same recipe in a cookbook when there's so many new ones to try. But still, Barefoot Contessa's Guacomole Salad is one of those that deserves revisiting often.

This cookbook needs no introductions. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've highlighted a couple of recipes from this book on the blog, but never officially checked it off as "complete" in plan to make something from each cookbook. That must make this the official cookbook post.

The recipe is almost perfect, a perfect mix of crisp and creamy, tart and tangy and light but still filling. The first time I made it, there was a bit too much lime for my taste, so I just used the one lime this time and omitted the yellow bell pepper because I didn't have any. Sad. I bet yellow bell pepper is fabulous in this. Oh yeah, no grape tomatoes either. But that's the beauty of salad. You mix up the ingredients if you have to.

Ok I was about to write a comment on your previous post when I saw the picture on this one and just couldnt wait to read this entry! Oh my that looks absolutely delicious and I do believe that will be going on our menu for the week. What would you suggest would go well with it in a meal?

I found this in a search on Tastespotting and came right over to check it out. Made this last night and my husband raved. It was so delicous but guacamole you can eat can't be bad. I'll need to pick up the entire cookbook. Thanks!

My wife and I love this recipe!! So good, I just blogged about it and gave you full credit as the source. I could eat this everyday! We've even tried it on tacos instead of using lettuce, cheese or tomatoes.